AHEAD of a conference on the psychology of climate change denial, Brendan O’Neill says green authoritarians are treating debate as a disorder. Read more here. … [Read more...] about The Psychology of Climate Change Denial
Radical New Hypothesis on the Effect of Greenhouse Gases
CLIMATE is complex but in an attempt to understand the effects of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on global temperatures simplified General Circulation Models (GCMs) have been developed and are used by the United Nation's … [Read more...] about Radical New Hypothesis on the Effect of Greenhouse Gases
Unethical Forest Protestors in Tasmania: A Note from Alan Ashbarry
IN a rare display of sympathy and understanding for forest contractors, ABC journalist Tom Tilley has put the hard word on protestors in the Upper Florentine Valley, accusing them of perhaps even being “unethical”. You can play the interview … [Read more...] about Unethical Forest Protestors in Tasmania: A Note from Alan Ashbarry
HundredsThousands Protest Global Warming
IT was predicted to be the largest demonstration yet against coal and climate change, 10,000 activists to descend on a coal-fired power plant in Washington DC.
According to the Capitol Climate Action website, they are there now, as I … [Read more...] about HundredsThousands Protest Global Warming
Global Warming in Perspective: A Note from William Happer
"BUT the climate is warming and CO2 is increasing. Doesn't this prove that CO2 is causing global warming through the greenhouse effect? "No, the current warming period began about 1800 at the end of the little ice age, long before there was an … [Read more...] about Global Warming in Perspective: A Note from William Happer
To Tax or Trade Carbon
Australian economist Alan Moran considers the advantages of taxing versus trading to reduce carbon emissions and concludes the best policy for Australia is to do nothing till 2020, then catch up by 2050, given the Treasury’s estimate at 3 percent … [Read more...] about To Tax or Trade Carbon
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
